American Update: New X-Men key issues
*Marvel: Grant Morrison’s re-invention of the secondary X-Men title took comics fandom by surprise in 2001, rebranding it “New X-Men” and, together with primary artist Frank Quitely, giving us startling and inventive stories which, unlike his JLA run, didn’t usually piddle away into an anticlimactic conclusion. Ordinarily, a series published in the current century would be beyond our catalogue’s remit, but exception is made here for two issues which have attracted unusual attention. Issue #115 (the second of the run), which featured the first appearance of Negasonic Teenage Warhead, a breakout star thanks to her appearance (in substantially different form) in the Deadpool movie; and #128, which introduced the enigmatic anti-hero Diabolik – er, we mean, Fantomex. Both issues are Near Mint, #115 at £20, #128 at £25.